Andrzeja Błachańca Park
The Park Andrzeja Błachańca (until 1945: Georg-Snay Park ) is a green area in Zgorzelec in the Polish Oberlausitz . The park was created around the turn of the century in Görlitzer Oststadt, but learned its later dimensions during the 1920s. The horticultural directors Ernst Schneider and Heinrich Diekmann significantly influenced the design. After the Second World War, the areas east of the Neisse and thus the park came under Polish sovereignty. During the time of the People's Republic of Poland , the facility was called Park Odrodzonego Wojska Polskiego (German: Park of the Reborn Polish Army ).
location
The extensive park extends southeast of the Upper Lusatian Hall of Fame to the apartment blocks on ulica Powstańców Śląskich in the west. In the north the park is bordered by ulica Stanisława Konarskiego and in the south by an allotment garden on ulica Bolesława Krupińskiego. South of the Hall of Fame is the so-called amphitheater - an open-air stage.
To the west of the park at the open-air stage is a lake with a small island in the middle, which was formerly called the duck pond . The former pond hut is located southwest of the lake . Further to the east there is another elongated pond. In its northern extension there was once the so-called Planschwiese.
history
The park was created on boggy ground when the eastern bank of the Neisse was expanded at the end of the 19th century. After the expansion in 1893, the Görlitz Rose Exhibition took place one year later. During the imperial era, the park developed into a kind of public park. The green area carried features of a landscape park with winding paths that led past various groups of trees. In the center of the facility, the duck pond was created with an island. Numerous willows have been planted around the water.
In 1902 the Upper Lusatian Hall of Fame was inaugurated in the middle of what was then the park. The access to the new building was embellished with flower beds a year earlier. In 1905 the Lower Silesian Trade and Industry Exhibition took place on the neighboring Friedrichsplatz (today: Plac Jerzego Popiełuszki) and in the park south of the Hall of Fame . On approx. 16.4 hectares, 114 exhibitors presented their goods in numerous pavilions. As part of the exhibition, the park around the exhibition was decorated and three tennis courts were created south of the duck pond. The neighboring pond hut was also built. It is a small replica of the pond hut in the Giant Mountains . Festivals, concerts, illuminations, variety shows and balloon flights also took place in the park area.
The Schöne Aussicht was created under park director Heinrich Diekmann . A sidewalk made of field stones led from the Hall of Fame over an arched bridge to the lookout point on a hill on the Neisse. Two stair turns led up to the viewing platform, which was also made of field stones. From the plateau the viewer was offered a view of the Neisse flowing below the hill and the city area opposite.
The park underwent a fundamental expansion in the mid-1920s during the Weimar Republic . With the help of emergency work by the unemployed, the park was given a new face. Another pond was created at the birch bush east of the duck pond. The ponds were also used for fish farming to ensure better nutrition for the urban population. At the same time, the plan swell was created southeast of Friedrichsplatz according to the plans of the park director Diekmann. The round basin was made of natural stone, 25 centimeters deep and had a gravel base. There were 10 benches and plant troughs at the edge of the pool. Two children's sculptures by Dorothea von Philipsborn also adorned the western entrance to the basin.
Between 1927 and 1929, the Feldberggarten was created above the birch bush pond as the eastern end of the park. An old quarry was also included in the design. The Feldberggarten consisted of several terraced gardens that were surrounded by natural steep slopes. In addition to the dance floor and a playground, a rock garden and a rosarium were also built . The various levels were equipped with a sundial, giant vases and small sculptures, among other things. From the Feldberggarten there was a view over the entire park and the city up to the Landeskrone and the Peterskirche . The Feldberggarten was divided by a main axis and five terrace steps.
The top terrace was the rosarium . Coming from the east one could enter the rosarium through a door and a subsequent coniferous grove. The rosarium consisted of three large beds that were densely planted with roses . A thatched-roof pavilion offered visitors protection. Spruce , white pine , silver fir and rhododendrons grew around the shelter . Along the way, on the valley side on the hydrangea-covered slope, there was a sundial and a planted artificial stone vase on each side. The second terrace that followed was decorated with triangular dahlia beds and box-shaped beech trees. A stone staircase led to the third level, the slope of which was planted with blue spruce , knee wood and alpine roses.
The fourth terrace was also reached by stone stairs. The middle beds of the plain were also planted with roses. In the middle bed, on a pedestal made of hewn granite stones, there was a sculpture with two boys dancing on a ball. The sculpture also came from the artist Dorothea von Philipsborn. Thematically, the sculpture represented the transition to the last level - the dance meadow . The hippodrome-shaped meadow was surrounded by iron benches.
In the center of the field mountain complex was the rock garden with a cruciform sunken garden that was planted with rock garden perennials. Star-shaped, narrow stone paths opened up the bed. Entering the paths was reserved for adults to avoid damage. On the north side of the rock garden was a hall made of spruce trunks, which opened on the south side with a pergola . There were also three round tables in the corners of the rock garden with benches around them, which invited the park visitors to linger.
The park was named in honor of long-time Mayor George Snay in Georg-Snay Park renamed. In 1934 the open-air theater was built south of the Hall of Fame. After the end of the Second World War , the part of the city of Görlitz east of the Lusatian Neisse was added to Poland in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement . Thus the park at the Hall of Fame was now under Polish administration.
today
The sculptures by the artist Dorothea von Philipsborn are no longer preserved. The paddling pool is drained today. The lines of sight from the Feldberggarten to the Hall of Fame and the city are now overgrown. The flower beds on the various terraces are also largely overgrown. The easternmost part of the Feldberg facility was built with residential high-rise buildings.
Several fountains now bubble in the former duck pond . The neighboring pond house no longer exists in its original structural form. The current building has lost its resemblance to the original Teichbaude in the Giant Mountains, but the house was probably converted back in German times. Today it is used as accommodation for single mothers in need. The open-air theater at the Ruhmeshalle, today's municipal culture house, is still used for cultural events. A large sports and playground was built east of the Hall of Fame.
One concept provides for the restoration of the park with reference to the historical model.
literature
- Ines-Ulrike Rudolf, Susanne Jaeger (eds.): Görlitz - Zgorzelec - strategies without borders - Nowe strategie bez granic . TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, Dresden 2007 ( online (in the archive) ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) PDF; 14.3 MB).
Web links
- Historical and Current Views (Polish)
- Koncepcja Parku Kultur dla Zgorzelca (Polish) (PDF; 9.1 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ City map of Görlitz and Zgorzelec . Plan miasta Görlitz i Zgorzelec. 2nd Edition. VEB Tourist Verlag, Berlin / Leipzig 1985.
- ↑ a b Ines-Ulrike Rudolf, Susanne Jaeger (ed.): Görlitz - Zgorzelec - strategies without borders - Nowe strategie bez granic . TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, Dresden 2007, p. 108 .
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Fiedler: Over seven bridges… Görlitz - The East City on old postcards and photographs (in German and Polish). 1st edition. Senfkorn Verlag, Görlitz 2008.
- ↑ a b Ines-Ulrike Rudolf, Susanne Jaeger (ed.): Görlitz - Zgorzelec - strategies without borders - Nowe strategie bez granic . TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, Dresden 2007, p. 109 .
- ↑ Ines-Ulrike Rudolf, Susanne Jaeger (ed.): Görlitz - Zgorzelec - strategies without borders - Nowe strategie bez granic . TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, Dresden 2007, p. 109 f .
- ↑ a b c d Ines-Ulrike Rudolf, Susanne Jaeger (ed.): Görlitz - Zgorzelec - strategies without borders - Nowe strategie bez granic . TUDpress Verlag der Wissenschaften GmbH, Dresden 2007, p. 110 .
- ↑ goerlitz-einstundjetzt.npage.de: Sights - Oststadt . Retrieved July 11, 2012 .
- ↑ Görlitz. Swan pond with pond hut in Georg-Snay-Park. In: dolny-slask.org.pl. Retrieved March 14, 2014 .
- ↑ zgorzelec.eu: Mapa Miasta . Retrieved July 11, 2012 .
- ↑ arborysta.com: Koncepcja Parku Kultur dla Zgorzelca (Polish). (PDF; 9.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 11, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 44.4 " N , 15 ° 0 ′ 16.7" E